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In his introduction to Dudley Clarke’s first book, Seven Assignments, Wavell wrote:
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While still nursing their wounds they were given lessons in field-craft by David Stirling (who went on to found the SAS) and Lord Lovat (who was to become captain of the Lovat Scouts).
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Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage (A True Story of a WWII Spy)
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1 30 Assault Unit’s area of operations in north-west France. First blooded at Dieppe in August 1942, they took part in the Operation NEPTUNE landings in Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, where their targets included naval bases, midget submarines, radar stations and rocket-launching sites. 30AU was at the spearhead in Brittany and helped to liberate
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Lawrence of Arabia: The definitive 21st-century biography of a 20th-century soldier, adventurer and leader
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The inaugural parade of 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group Royal Marines took place on a very cold, bright morning, 13 December 2010, at Stonehouse Barracks in Plymouth. The name 30 Commando was chosen in tribute to the forgotten men of Fleming’s 30 Commando/30 Assault Unit, and the secretary of the 30AU old comrades’ association, Mrs
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